Fri Jan 14, 2022 – 11:09 am ESTFri Jan 14, 2022 – 11:46 am EST
GLASGOW (LifeSiteNews) – A premature baby in Scotland has defied doctors’ expectations after she was born at 25 weeks, weighing just 11 oz (325grams), becoming the smallest baby to survive in the U.K.
Hannah Stibbles was born by emergency C-section December 30, 2021 after her 17-year-old mother Ellie Paton was diagnosed with pre-eclampsia and underwent a sudden delivery to save her life.
Paton’s pregnancy had been marked by concern from medics, as her 20-week scan showed that the baby was not being fed properly by the placenta, and the 22-week scan showed the baby was only the size of a 16 week baby.
After Paton was rushed to Crosshouse Hospital December 29, doctors diagnosed her with pre-eclampsia. They decided to deliver the baby to save Paton’s life, but warned it was likely that the baby would not survive.
Paton was then moved to Queen Elizabeth Hospital for the operation.
Hannah’s father, Brandon Stibbles, recounted that doctors warned Hannah had a “20% chance of survival.”
“The high up doctors were coming into the neonatal unit and saying ‘babies this size
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